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Episode: The importance of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s assassination | In Focus podcast
Description: The targeted killing of al-Qaeda chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, by an American missile in Kabul on July 31 has raised many questions about the possible impact of this assassination. It comes nearly 11 years after the U.S. took out al-Zawahiri’s boss, Osama bin Laden, in a ground operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan.A point of interest in both killings is that bin Laden and al-Zawahiri were hiding in plain sight in cities – one Pakistani and the other Afghan.Will this lead to a weakened al-Qaeda, unable to engage in terrorist actions abroad? Will the killing give a boos...